Wuhan Killer Sneeze (thanks Tea)

[IdleRich]

What's so bad (as well as the drain on resources) is that they are doing it now that they've finally figured out that it's serious at last but they have waited so long that some of them are bound to be infectious.

 

[version]

There's definitely a part of me that wants all these people to get it and suffer for their stupidity and selfishness. It's like Brexit all over again.

 

[luka]

Go to places where's there's one doctor per square 100 miles.

 

[IdleRich]

Good to know that the Olympics is still going ahead at least.

 

[version]

Go to places where's there's one doctor per square 100 miles.

 

[catalog]

What's so bad (as well as the drain on resources) is that they are doing it now that they've finally figured out that it's serious at last but they have waited so long that some of them are bound to be infectious.

Yeah. This is totally the attitude. I mean, the culture we are in, it accepts this kind of shit cos there's money behind it. This is what we are

 

[Mr. Tea]

Yeah seen queues of cars heading to North Wales too... read about the Cornish getting pissed off for same reason.

Same in Devon, I can report.

 

[luka]

Unbelieveable. Adds credence to versions belief that the government are still pursuing the herd immunity idea

 

[catalog]

You can't blame any of this on Chinese people eating bats that have fucked pangolins or whatever now. This is on the people here

 

[IdleRich]

Fucking hell - bats that eat people and fuck pangolins! They sound terrifying.

 

[droid]

Its the governments fault primarily. People will always try and escape quarantines and you cant expect populations to radically change behaviour without clear messages and strict controls.

 

[version]

"There's no such thing as society."

 

[catalog]

So wait for all the really rich people to escape the centres, then pull the cops out for the poor people left right?

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

I've a feeling Trump and his goons are gonna twist this into something about it all being the fault of liberal states and cities.

Trump may be the single person on Earth most associated with New York, so it's hard to see him blaming it on New York

but blaming it on liberals has already been happening

a big talking point the week before last was how he'd done a great job of streamlining regulations (or something) that Obama didn't do

 

[catalog]

'This evening's PM address is live from Padstow'

 

[version]

Trump may be the single person on Earth most associated with New York, so it's hard to see him blaming it on New York

That doesn't really matter though. He was from New York when he was elected on a platform of bashing coastal elites.

 

[droid]

So wait for all the really rich people to escape the centres, then pull the cops out for the poor people left right?

The rich have probably been the prime vector for the spread. Super mobile, resourceful, multiple properties.

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

Its the governments fault primarily. People will always try and escape quarantines and you cant expect populations to radically change behaviour without clear messages and strict controls.

droid 100% right

how will people will handle a crisis is directly related to how well (and calmly) you inform what they should expect

the UK government has, somehow, been even worse than the U.S. federal govt in that regard, so people are panicking

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

That doesn't really matter though. He was from New York when he was elected on a platform of bashing coastal elites.

liberals, coastal elites, etc. just not New York specifically.

 

[padraig (u.s.)]

given how bad this is likely to be there, that will look like blaming NY for 9/11